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29th May - Is Arbor Day in Aston on Clun. A Poplar tree in the town is bedecked with flags, they are left on the tree all year round. The ceremony has been held each year at Aston on Clun since 1786 andprobablt dates back to 1660 when King Charles II declared a holiday in May called Arbor day following th erestoration of the monarchy.

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It has been suggested that the ghost of Mary Blandy was witnessed by a number of people at a re-enactment of her trial at the Henley Town Hall sometime prior to 1969. Her actual trial took place on 3 March 1752 at the Oxford Assizes held in the hall of the Divinity School. The court was presided over by The Honourable Heneage Legge (Died 29 August 1759) and Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe (Born 1705 – Died 1778). Blandy was found to be guilty and was hanged on 6 April 1752 for poisoning her father.

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